Comfortable Quote by Garry Kasparov

The regime is in trouble economically and can no longer offer anything to its citizens. That's why [Vladimir] Putin has to pursue an aggressive…

— Garry Kasparov

There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means losing their…

— Garry Kasparov

I can't think of a scenario under which [Vladimir Putin] would gradually resign from power. For him and those around him, power became a…

— Garry Kasparov

Dictatorships don't always die when the dictator leaves office

— Mohamed Nasheed

“Like most regimes not based on genuine popular support in an era of open access to information, Putin’s is inherently unstable and requires vigilant…

— Gregory Feifer

Vladimir Putin is a dictator.

— Tim Kaine

Putin wants to stay in power, but not so that he can finally solve our most pressing problems: education, health care, poverty.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

People expect some kinds of decisions from Putin that will help them see their own future. A significant part of the people that he…

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

“Vladimir Putin shot out of obscurity in 1999 by exploiting growing nostalgia for the USSR, fueled by the disappointment, uncertainty and crisis that brought…

— Gregory Feifer

Dictators are not strategists in the way I normally use that term. All the dictator cares about is survival. That means constantly worrying about…

— Garry Kasparov

Putin needs strong moves to keep the country as one. There is some criticism that he is centralizing power, but in Russia, if you…

— Anatoly Karpov

Dictators fall when they're overconfident; they stay in power when they're paranoid.

— Masha Gessen